Lead Cast for ABC’s ‘Greatest American Hero’ Reboot

ABC has found its “Greatest American Hero,” with Deadline reporting that the title role in the reboot will be played by “New Girl’s” Hannah Simone.

The single-camera comedy pilot comes from the “Fresh Off the Boat” duo of Rachna Fruchbom and Nahnatchka Khan.

“In the reimagining with a gender switch of [Stephen] J. Cannell’s 1981 cult classic, the unlikely (super)hero at the center, played by William Katt in the original, is being reconceived as an Indian-American woman,” Deadline notes.

The report adds: “Written by Fruchbom, ‘The Greatest American Hero’ centers around Meera (Simone), a 30-year-old woman who loves tequila and karaoke and has spent her life searching and failing to find meaning, much to the chagrin of her traditional Indian-American family. An inexplicable event occurs that will change the course of Meera’s life forever: she is entrusted with a super suit to protect the planet. Meera may have finally found purpose, but the world has never been in more unreliable hands.”